The initial few scholarship offers for college football prospects usually comes at one of three stages. The first is right after their junior season concludes up until the end of February. Other times are after spring combines and summer camps and immediately following the senior season. Heading into March for Miami (Fla.) Krop outside linebacker Etienne Sabino, however, the rush of offers had not yet come, but they soon would.

By the end of March, Sabino had already hit double digit offers from programs the likes of Notre Dame, Southern California, Florida, Louisville and Tennessee. The 6-3, 228-pound Sabino attributes the influx of offers to a couple factors.